Liveblog: Canadiens will draft third

Nothing changed for the Canadiens.
They finished third from the bottom in the final NHL standings, and the draft lottery draw left the Canadiens picking third when the draft is held in Pittsburgh on June 22
Edmonton moved up a notch into the first spot, bumping poor Columbus to second.

There should be a rule preventing teams to be in the lottery five years in a row, this is gettin outta hand. EDM can’t play for crap and get all the goods every single year…..smh….
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Open-mindedness is not a skull fracture

Ken Morrow looks thoughtful and lucid. Wow. Back in the day when he was playing, with that crazy beard of his, I always thought that he could literally get away with murder. No jury would ever convict him, I was certain, judging by the empty eyes and the frozen expression.

Tony Marinaro has this qmjhl and ohl scout on tsn990.
He asked him that since the Habs have Subban, Tinordi, Beaulieu, so it’s probably unlikely that the Habs pick Dumba.
The guy said that that the habs will probably draft Galchenyuk but they should give concideration do Dumba. He also when on to say that maybe Dumba is better then all 3 Habs dmen. Also that Dumba will probably be a future number 1 dmen.

Boone, don’t goof on us for following the lottery! We suffered through 82 games this year for this moment.

I’m nervous about it. If we get 3rd I’ll be happy. If we get 4th, I’ll be pissed.

Also, with all due respect to Melnick, anyone who puts Price over Cole as Hab player of the year can’t be taken seriously. How many games would Cole have to score to overtake Price? 60? Good lord, give me a break.

I almost knocked over Marc Crawford on Saturday coming out of the Sheraton. I told him, relax, take your time…. The game is meaningless. Why rush???
he laughed along with the 3 people he was with. I said good luck and walked off, I was in a rush to get a drink.

This is the time when all Hab fans should cross their fingers and hope to win the lottery. I have no doubt the player drafted will be at the very least a highly-rated prospect.
Is it time to dig out the Yak horn?

There must be a better nick name the Yak? how about sticking a’ y’ at the end, or more creative an ‘esy’… yeah that’s it Yaksey, I love the non-linear Salvador Dali like creativity of Hockey players and fans.

Watching the Top Ten plays of the regular season on TSN, and once I was over the fact that #10 and #9 were two ex-Canadiens who left the team with no tangible return, I really enjoyed the spectacular plays. Breathtaking save by Ondrej Pavelec, dazzling stickhandling, both Penguins supernovastars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin contributing….

One thing I didn’t see in the Top Ten was a goalmouth scramble. A goal scored from a ‘dirty area’. A player ‘taking his man’ at the faceoff. A player being responsible without the puck. Truculence.

Yet in today’s wrap-up in both Toronto and Winnipeg, both GM’s spoke about getting bigger. Unequivocally. As if more size is an unalloyed boon.

No one spoke about needing more skill or skating or putting on a better show for the fans who cough up more than $100 per seat. No one said we need talent on this team. Once Brian Burke was done blaming Brian Gionta for the underwhelming performance by his un-pedigreed, flash-in-the-pan out-of-nowhere goalie, he explained that his team wasn’t big enough to play the way he wanted it to. Again, not lacking in talent or scoring or defence or goaltending, but merely size.

Jim Treliving (CBC Dragon’s Den) broadly hinted that he might be involved in a deal for the Coyotes, refusing to deny it when George Strombolopoulos asked him about it directly, just smiling and staying silent. Not sure what anyone would be interested in with this franchise, unless they got a very favourable agreement from the League if it had to relocate. The city isn’t chipping in any more money, they’d be on the hook for huge losses every year.